I think you can recognize it as being a good step forward while also bringing the smackdown on people that set up rules and don't follow them. I liken it to the discussion of the Geneva Convention. We might be able to find some legalistic way of getting out of the requirements when dealing with people who aren't part of a recognized national army. But we shouldn't. Why? Because we are the United States of America and we should be above that kind of crap. I want us to set an example and not resort to legalistic parsing of language when it comes to important fundamental issues. I fell the same way about Obama. He wants us to rise above the pettiness of politics and government and believe that government can be a solution not a problem. That's great. I want to believe that too. Now its up to him to man up and do it.
Judah On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Scott wrote: >> To make a statement like that and then appoint a lobbyist, even if its one >> out of a thousand, still breaks the campaign promise in my opinion. > > I understand your point of view. > > For me the campaign promise is fulfilled by signing the exec order > banning lobbyists. In other words, he set the BHAG, and put it in > writing. > > The very fact that we're discussing this shows just how successful > Pres Obama's stand has been. > > He's elevated the bar by orders of magnitude. > > I'm not going to crap all over someone who took a generational leap > and made not just progress, but HUGE progress. > > But I understand some will which, apparently, includes you. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287600 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
